Angela Helseth was born and raised in South Dakota but currently lives in Tucson where she gets to spend a lot of her time doing worthwhile work as a Family Support Specialist, which involves weekly in-home visits with families to support parents in creating the best environment for optimal child development. Angela is really interested...
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Brazil Farming Project
Needed: $10000
Received: $10000
Good Works is co-sponsoring a project in Brazil with United Youth Corps! This project will take place in Maloca de Moscou from Dec. 16, 2014, until Dec. 25, 2014.
Earlier this year Good Works sent Paul Syltie, a soil expert, to evaluate the farming practices of the local villagers in this remote location. Based on his finding we will be sending volunteers to work directly with villagers to prepare land to be farmed. Conditions will be rustic; the volunteers will be staying in tents and will be helping with food preparation.
The team met up in the Miami airport on December 16, 2014. Check back on December 26th for blogs and updates.
Meagan is from Listowel, Ontario and is a member of United Church of God in Kitchener, Ontario. Meagan is a Registered Practical Nurse but has spent most of her post graduate years traveling and serving at the Church of God based school Legacy Institute in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Meagan has a love for God and working in and with nature. She is...
Megan lives in Vermont and attends the Seabrook, New Hampshire UCG congregation. She is a recent graduate of Ambassador Bible Center and also has a degree in Baking and Pastry Arts. Gardening and agriculture are passions of hers and she is very excited to use that passion to help others. Megan says when her and her husband heard about this...
Nick has attended church in New England his whole life and is presently attending/serving in the Seabrook, NH area. A Vermont native, Nick is an outdoor enthusiast who enjoys hiking, camping, and any sort of adventure he can find. He studied Forest Management at Paul Smith's College in the Adirondack region in northern New York, and is...
Since a very young age Abigail has been planting her own garden with the help of her parents, brothers, and sisters. She was always outside running around and playing with the animals on their farm in the Texas hill country. After high school she received her associates in art in east Texas and then a bachelor’s in Fashion Design at...
Lloyd, one of the project leaders, is from Regina Sk. Canada and grew up in the church. Lloyd is married and has two grown children; both married and have 5 grandchildren. Lloyd spent his childhood on a farm and then worked in the petroleum construction industry and now is currently employed in the agricultural manufacturing industry. Lloyd...
Paul Syltie, the project manager, was raised on a crop and dairy farm in southwestern Minnesota, where he spent his formative years helping on the beautiful family farm within a closely knit rural community. Desiring to remain on the farm, he first obtained a Bachelor's Degree in soils from the University of Minnesota, and following his...
Jorge, the project manager, was born in Mozambique and immigrated to South Africa in 1965 where he completed his senior education. He worked in South Africa for 35 years in the IT industry. He was baptized in January 1970, met his wife Kathy at the Feast in Poconos in 1973, and married in December 1974. Jorge and Kathy have five children and...